Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• People associated with the Tahoe Keys Marina helped prevent the city from putting in parking meters on Venice Drive, but this summer they started charging to park in their lot.

• Follow this blog to know where South Shore’s ski legend Glen Plake is as he and others attempt to ski Manaslu in Nepal.

• El Dorado County Board of Supervisors is having a special budget meeting on Sept. 17 at 9am at the Placerville boardroom.

• In August, the cables at Half Dome in Yosemite National Park were listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

• The 18th annual Critical Issues Conference put on by the Business Council of Douglas County is Sept. 27 from 7am-1pm at Carson Valley Inn in Minden.